{"id":99571,"date":"2014-07-26T14:49:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T10:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=99571"},"modified":"2014-07-26T14:49:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T10:49:22","slug":"no-truce-but-12-hour-lull-in-gaza-fighting-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=99571","title":{"rendered":"No Truce, but 12-Hour Lull in Gaza Fighting Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel and Hamas began a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza Saturday after the efforts of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry failed to produce a longer truce aimed at ending nearly three weeks of fighting.<\/p>\n

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The temporary lull appeared unlikely to change the course of the current hostilities amid ominous signs that the war was spilling over into the West Bank and a warning by Israel’s defense minister that it might soon expand its Gaza ground operation “significantly.”<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said the 12-hour pause began Saturday at 8 a.m. (1:00 a.m. EST, 0500 GMT). It said troops “shall respond if terrorists choose to exploit” the lull to attack Israeli soldiers or civilians. The military also said “operational activities to locate and neutralize tunnels in the Gaza Strip will continue.”<\/p>\n

Israel launched a major aerial offensive in Gaza on July 8 and later sent ground troops into the Hamas-ruled territory in a bid to halt Palestinian rocket fire and destroy a vast network of cross-border tunnels used by militants to stage attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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